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With the work on draping its Churchgate building almost over, WR realises employees inside will swelter in absence of ACs.
A spectacular glass and aluminium balcony overlooking the Solent has earned an Isle of Wight couple top prize in Balcony Systems’ first-ever Photo Competition.
A visual highlight of the Champalimaud Foundation´s recently-completed biomedical research facility in Lisbon, Portugal is the lightweight steel and glass bridge that connects its two buildings.
Universal Aluminium’s new MU4200 curtain walling system has combined with SFS intec’s VDS canopy attachment system to meet the brief of creating a complementary but architecturally distinctive new access tower for an important Grade II Listed…
Spectacular sweeping curved glass balconies, supplied and installed by Balcony Systems, provided the bespoke balustrading solution for the multi-million pound Gloucestershire dream home of one of Britain’s leading industrialists.
Stunning curved patio doors supplied and installed by Balcony Systems transform the appearance and enhance all-year round use of a swimming pool extension at a Hertfordshire home.
The central core of Britain’s tallest building, Renzo Piano’s Shard, was topped out yesterday.
Daybreak is the weekday breakfast television programme broadcast from 6:00am to 8:30am for the British commercial ITV network anchored by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley.
Clear glass Juliette balconies from Balcony Systems, one of the UK’s leading balustrading suppliers, offer a stylish, yet affordable balustrading solution adding instant ‘kerb appeal’ to all types of newbuild homes.
After a successful showing in 2008, Smart-Builder are returning to Glasstec 2010 with the latest version of their award-winning software, which covers the entire frameless glass design and sales process.
Solid-rock bridge made of glass is new Georgia’s capital landmark.
A project with investment of total 2 billion yuan was officially inked in Fengyang on August.12. The project involves building production lines of glass used in photovoltaic(PV) industry and energy saving glass.
Business Exchange Twitter Delicious Digg Facebook LinkedIn Newsvine Propeller Yahoo! Buzz Print Volvo Car Corp. sued a Nippon Sheet Glass Co. unit in London over its involvement in a car-glass price-fixing cartel that ended two years ago with…
Façades with a high share of glass are a particularly hotly discussed topic from the point of view of energy efficiency.
PVB films for solar modules – Façade-integrated photovoltaics or “Building-integrated photovoltaics” (BIPV) making use of thin-film technology facilitate the efficient use of the building envelope, enabling it to generate electricity.
Higher, further, faster: increasingly complex major international construction developments under strong pressure to maintain quality and deadlines while reducing costs are steadily raising the demands on building design and construction technology.
Saint-Gobain Glass Egypt opens the largest and the most modern float glass plant in the Middle East region.
DISMATEC Limited, the Glass Plant Engineering company based in Sheffield, UK and headed by their Managing Director, Mr.
Thermoseal Group has signed up to exhibit at G10 Regional exhibitions in Belfast (Europa Hotel, 29-30 June 10) and London (Wembley Stadium, 1-2 December 10).
BEng Civil & Structural Engineering undergraduate Paul has been investigating the effect of lateral torsional buckling of glass fins.
The Organisers of the UK Master Fitter Competition 2010 have chosen the venues and dates of the 6 Regional Heats: Scotland (Glasgow, 12 / 13 May), Wales (Swansea, 19 / 20 May), Northern-Ireland (SRC and SERC, 30 June / 1 July), Northern England (…
Saint-Gobain has been recognised as one of the UK’s leading business to business brands. Saint-Gobain, world leader in the design, production and distribution of materials for the construction industry, has been recognised as one of the UK’s leading…
Looking kind of like the world's biggest Rubik's Cube, the new ultra high security US embassy in London will feature a 100 foot wide moat to keep away would be attackers, and a one billion dollar price tag.
Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, 828 meters, was inaugurated on Jan 4, 2010. The tower accomplished a world record for the highest installation of aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 meters.
"Slowdown in automotive industry reflects in the demand for auto glass in the OE (Original Equipment) segment.